1. The Civil Rights Movement Goals & Achievements II
The Civil Rights Movement Goals & Achievements II. - Protection of Voting Rights -
(Lecture 4.4)

2. A good question from a student:
“Why did some white Americans support desegregation, even though they benefitted from racial segregation?”
(better schools, better parks, better jobs, etc.)
What do you think?
Watch President Kennedy’s 1963 speech. How does JFK answer this question?

3. What is the best summary of JFK’s speech?
It is the American way to work for yourself.
We should all work for our own personal freedoms and not worry about others.
If there are citizens in our country that are not free, then none of us are truly free.
Change comes slowly. We should be patient and wait.

4. Voting = Power in a Democracy

5. Voting Rights - Review 1865 – African-American citizenship.
th Amendment banned racial discrimination in voting.
BUT: discrimination continued! HOW?
th Amendment = ???
1964 – 24th Amendment – Abolished poll tax

6. Civil Rights Act of 1964 Begun by JFK, but signed into law by LBJ
Outlawed:
Discrimination in applying voting requirements
Segregation in hotels, motels, restaurants, theaters, parks, and all other public places
Discriminatory employment practices based on race, religion, gender or national origin.

7. “Majority” vs. “Minority”
the “majority” = the group of people with largest numbers OR most power in a society.
a “minority” = a group of people with smaller numbers OR less power in a society
 examples in U.S. history?
 examples in your country?

8. FYI: Requirements to Vote in the USA
You must …
… be a U.S. citizen
… be at least 18 years old
… register to vote before the election

9. Fear still prevented blacks from registering to vote

10. Whites’ Fears:
Losing political power (not # majority in many S. states!)
Black retaliation if they gained power

11. Blacks’ Fears Police brutality
Economic retaliation (employers / landlords)
KKK attacks

12. Civil Rights Workers demanded enforcement of equal voting rights.
1964 – “Freedom Summer” in Mississippi
1965 – March from Selma to Montgomery , Alabama “Bloody Sunday”

13. 1964

14. Who was SNCC?
A group of black students who had organized the Freedom Rides of 1961.
A mixed-race group of students who had organized the Freedom Rides of 1961.
A group of white students who protested school integration in the south.
A group of black students who were the first to attend a white high school in the South.

15. Who was SNCC? SNCC = Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee
A mixed-race group of students who had organized the Freedom Rides of 1961.
SNCC = Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee

16. 1964

17. Voter Education & Registration

18. Many local law enforcement officials still refused to let blacks register to vote.

19. Civil Rights Workers Were Murdered!

20. Freedom Summer = Success!

21. 1965 – March from Selma to Montgomery , Alabama

22. Goal: Deliver a petition to Gov
Goal: Deliver a petition to Gov. Wallace asking for protection of voters

23. Police brutality (beating protesters)
“Bloody Sunday”
Police brutality (beating protesters)

24. “Bloody Sunday”
Tear Gas

25. 1965 - The 3rd March from Selma
To read more about the Selma Marches , click here!

26. 1965 – Voting Rights Act
Every American citizen has the automatic, constitutional right to vote.
You only have to prove age & citizenship.
No tests have to be passed
No requirements have to be met
(Including English language!)

27. Homework
For Friday: Be ready to tell your Civil Rights Story (A B or C) without the paper. For Monday: Watch the LBJ video online. Complete the comprehension questions before lecture. (You may download the transcript from ANGEL to help you understand the speakers in the video.)

28. VIDEO: LBJ – The “Civil Rights President”
First, review this information on the worksheet:
People you will see
Vocabulary you will hear
The song sung by the marchers & quoted by LBJ
Questions you should listen for answers to
You can watch the video at